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Talked about the key priorities yes. What see happening in San Francisco and in the bay area the demand for Warehouse Space it above the space particularly at the port where its proven to be good homes for providers and nonprofits for cheaper rents so with the added pressures of people needing chair space in San Francisco we want to make sure that didnt displace some of the other needs only nonprofit but the distribution repair for the whole city i dont want to sound like this is an issue yet bu...

His wife so much. He lived for them. Something he let his family know often. His daughter spoke with us at a vigil after the shooting. Dad was very good at taking every opportunity to let us know that he loved us. At all costs, even he would make a fool of himself just so he understood it. He was an every day hero. Unspoken hero. A Memorial Fund is now set up for mike ridgells three children. You can donate to the ridgell childrens Memorial Fund at the pnc bank at 2525 hanover pike maryland 2107...

The blind, the Deaf Services and History Center were very, very proud and this came as a result of the Community Process to insure we customize the hours to meet the needs this represents 13 percentage more hours than is required all this this is to the good. We also want to highlight thank you for your support for the Branch Program you youve been beneficiaries in our districts or having renovated libraries we completed on saturday that opens the muni north Beach Library every library is subsid...

Talked about the public spaces being magic and all the other sense of the public is that a being engaged so her vision and that of her team is making a difference. But it also is is a play thats staishg more technology. We used to have 6 public terminals for access to technology and youll have 22 wifi and the First Library connected to the cities fiberoptics network so board band and transmit anything you want that are as the afternoon unfolds hell hear more and more but well start by thanking t...

Stretches 4 and a half miles from Fishermans Wharf to the ball park in mission bay this was built over 15 years ago but each renovation project we try to enhance the seawall in particular the area from Howard Street to washington street and the Ferry Building area protects a lot of private assets particularly the downtown but the public the muni and the bart tube and the sewer and Water Systems there are so its a high priority were investigating the caliber of the seawall to withstand the elemen...

Community if we do the right thing so were lucky to have emergency respond money with our Police Department and Fire Department and retired those debts but today is about looking at those kids having fun and being safe isnt it a transformation of an old parking lot isnt ii, visualize this we used our innovation and imagination and what else we didnt just build a library i think as friends of the library are showing as frinsz of the joe deimagine is showing when we do things like that we respond ...

Audience to pose questions. Here we go with our panel number one. We are looking at the vision. We will explore innovative practices and partnerships. Our first speaker will be the Senior Program officer at the bill and Melinda Gates foundation. Hoping to have leon mac, director of el paso Public Library. Unfortunately she had a family emergency and was not able to the year. We are excited to have clarence anthony, executive director of the National League of cities. We will start out with her. ...

That you want to submit. Ber who a staff mem will be picking up those questions after each panel. We will also have a chance for members of the audience and our virtual audience to pose questions. Ate is what we are looking with our first panel, the vision, what happens when we get it right. Examine why partnerships and investments in broadband make a difference. We will have a senior officer at the bill and Melinda Gates foundation. We are hoping to have the had of El Paso Public Library with u...

In the next year is looking at stream lining the process and it is nice to have this user interface where we have the portal now that is the single goto place for the Business Owners but we as a city need to look at the processes that are involved for our business whens they deal with the permitting and licenses. There is, yeah, i cant say enough that you cant just throw technology on top of a flawed process. You want to look at, you know, i am sure that we could just study what we have now and ...

20th Century Technology to 21st century highspeed Broadband Technology. Its a reallocation of resourcef resources are never easy and never pleasant but they are essential if we are to keep pushing forward. We are moving to broadband to the person at the library. Its not just an external connection but its how do you get using wifi to the individual in a library . We are bringing the application and administrative process into the 21st century as well by using the same kind of ride band tools and...